Definition for KEEP'ING

KEEP'ING, n.

  1. A holding; restraint; custody; guard; preservation.
  2. Feed; fodder. The cattle have good keeping.
  3. In painting, a representation of objects in the manner they appear to the eye at different distances from it.
  4. In popular use, conformity; congruity; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other. – Reed.

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